No, it's definitely a Linux thing too. Linux Desktop community in general doesn't care what anyone's experience is except their own, and if you're not a C programmer who's willing to fork the code to make the change you want (because they almost certainly won't accept your patch), then screw you.

Common phrases heard on Linux Desktop software issue trackers and forums:

"Why would you want that?" "You don't want to do that, do it <the way I do it>." "Works on my machine." "PRs are welcome." "We've rejected your PR because there isn't any demand for this."

This is the community that thinks .desktop files are a good idea and largely uses the GUI as a really fancy tmux. They're hopeless.